VBTP-MR 6x6 Guarani Torc.

via TechnoDefesa

The TORC-30 is a tower modern dual employment (antiaircraft and ground) that uses the cannon Rheinmetall MK 30-2 ABM (Air Burst Munitions) of 30x173mm (the same used in Puma IFV) and, according to Ricardo Azevedo, Director Marketing ARES, this station will be equipped with weapons shooting system already employed at REMAX, also developed by the partnership CTEx and ARES.
Although anti-aircraft capability, the TORC-30 does not have a radar, which significantly reduces the weight of the tower, eliminating the need for structural reinforcement pillars as Guarani equipped with the turret TU-30 BR-Elbit AEL. The TORC-30 also has a lower profile than the tower Israeli.
This program was secured with funds from FINEP. On 23/07/2012 the fund disbursed R $ 3,198,500.00 for the design and construction of the prototype, which Rheinmetall cannon should arrive in Brazil during the second half of this year. The design and manufacture of tower 30 TORC is scheduled for completion in 2015.

And now it begins.

I missed this news from LAAD, but the arms makers are rushing in to make sure that every possible variant is fielded, and that they're providing components for it.

But the bigger news is that Elbit is getting competition from all directions.  RAFAEL is making a new 30mm unmanned turret and now Rheinmetall is marketing their Puma setup.  This is nothing but good news for the USMC.  Especially if we had a REAL Marine Personnel Carrier program running.